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If You Chase Money, Money Won’t Come!
In 2014 Sean Combs renounced P Diddy to become Puff Daddy again. Some say it was an identity crisis yet many of us do the same thing. We try to reinvent ourselves with monikers that are different, cute, memorable, creative – in the hope of finding an elusive freshness in our lives. One thing that…
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You Are the President of Your Own Personal Services Business
This is the message I want to give to my plumber, electrician, painter, and ANYONE who is struggling and thinking that what they do is not important or doesn’t pay enough. Whether you are an electrician, a doctor, a lawyer, a plumber, a consultant or a “grass cutter”- the going rate seems to start at…
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What We Learn To Do We Learn By Doing
The title of my column this week is a quote by Aristotle. It’s a powerful reminder that unless we are in the sandbox, getting our hands dirty, our learning process is incomplete. “There’s an awful temptation to just keep on researching,” says David McCullough, author, historian and two time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. “There…
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Never Stop Learning, Exploring or Building upon These 3 Things
Tell me if this has ever happened to you: You know something in your heart to be true, yet you are unable to put it into words and then… ‘Boom!’ You read something someone has written and it articulates your own thoughts beautifully. This is how I felt when I read this from entrepreneur Paul…
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Psychology is the most under-appreciated, yet most important part of building a company
We hear a lot about the external journeys of startups. Mitchell Harper – Big Commerce co-founder shares… “Everyone talks about startups being akin to roller-coaster rides. There are high highs and low lows. The highs are easy to deal with — you celebrate with your team, share the victories with your friends and partner and maybe even…
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You Can NEVER Copy Someone’s Roadmap and Expect to Succeed
A search on Amazon.com for books titled “How to Succeed” offers 33,413 results; a search for books on self-help – 1,042,657 results and self-improvement – 158,425. There is a lot of information out there. The earliest self help book in my library would be Self Help by Samuel Smiles published in 1859. Self-Help sold 20,000 copies…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
If you could better understand one thing about your business right now….
Most costly decisions begin with
an inaccurate understanding of the situation.
I help leaders understand what is actually happening before major decisions are made or
resources are invested in solving the wrong problem.
Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Diagnostic Advisor | Sensemaking for high-stakes business decisions 